Wednesday, August 24, 2011

I knew I liked Cleaning...

M snapped a picture while I was in the middle of my push jerks yesterday. To my surprise when I went onto the website last night to see what type of "torture" I was facing for this morning, there I was!! I was pretty excited to see this, and hey... not to shabby!

I was sore this morning, and tired. Between the rowing and the push jerks my legs are quite sore. I didnt really realize it until I started to warm up today. It was also a little hard to get out of bed, but I am determined to push through everything... I didnt get to bed till 9:45 last night so I sort of expected the struggle.

K was standing at the edge of the garage when I arrived... she was pointing to the grass to the left of the house... as I pulled in I saw what she was pointing at... a skunk. Thankfully my pulling in scared the critter and off into the woods he went. As K said "it would have been a VERY stinky morning!"

The warmup was pretty good. I actually got quite a few "real" double unders during the double under parts... AND... the big one, with all the tips that M gave me yesterday while I was warming up doing the hand release push ups, I was able to bang out 10 real pushups without stopping with no problem at all. When you learn where to focus your energy and what muscles to tighten it makes a huge difference, easier almost.

We started with the strength exercise again (like yesterday). Today, it was cleans. Such an odd movement really. When we warmup and run through the 9 principals you get the feeling of what the motion is, but when weight is added to the bar, its a whole different story. I started with 45lbs just to see how the movement felt, I did 5 pretty easy. K gave me some tips about keeping my hips forward and bring the bar to my hip pockets which was a good way to pull the bar to the right spot before starting to flip the bar. Also making sure that I dont raise the bar too high before trying to squat under it. As the weight gets higher, its easier to get under it rather than bring it up.

I started the 3-3-3 and did a set of 3 at 75lbs than two sets of 3 at 86lbs. The first set of three at 86lbs seemed harder and I think its because I am still getting used to the motion. The very last rep that I did in the last set felt the best of all. K said that usually the Rx weight for women for cleans is 95lbs, so I am right there. She thinks once I get the motion I will be good. Again, practice and perseverance is the key. I really enjoyed "cleaning" and I am excited to work on them.

The WOD was pretty challenging. Hubs and I had done ring dips when we were in our into week. Um... yeah, that was a day that we didnt do deadlifts, or pushups, or pullups that day... or the day before... or, ever! So, I had the blue band and the green band ready since when I did them the first time I used the green band and they were pretty easy.

So I was set. Rings were ready and K set the timer. The 200m run was pretty easy... the rings are what took it out of me! Deep dips trying to get shoulders below elbows, 15 reps. I did the first two mods using the blue band, than I sort of wimped into the green band. I was tired... my tris were burning and my hands were burning.

Alas, I completed all 5 mods in a really good time (for me of course).

I was talking to K after, she mentioned that she has already seen an improvement in both Hubs and my cardio. Thats nice to hear. I know we both feel it, but when someone says that to you its exciting and motivating.

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I am a 30-something year old woman, "Mama" to a toddling little boy, married and holding a Masters of Architecture. I like to work (yep one of those people who actually love my job and enjoy working extra hours). So really, I am blogging about myself, an "average" woman working full time and on a mission to be healthy both physically and mentally.